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BOMB BLASTS IN BALI - at least 25 Killed!

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:49 am
by Shazzam
At least one possibly 3 Australians are dead in a string of deadly bombings which went through restaurants in Bali.

At least 25 killed and more than 100 injured. A 16 year old Australian boy has been comfirmed killed. 17 other Australians injured.

The latest attacks come just days before the 3rd anniversary of the October 12, 2002 Bali nightclub attacks which killed 202, including 88 Australians.

In the latest attacks, 2 explosions ripped through a beach-side seafood restaurant about 7.30 local time.

Minutes later another blast tore through Raja's Bar and Restaurant, 30 kilometres away in a busy precinct of Kuta.

Most of the victims were Indonesian, although injured were foreigners which included people from Australia, Japan, Korea and Germany.

No one has claimed responsibility for these attacks. But it won't be too hard to guess who.

When will this sort of carnage stop? ACTS OF COWARDESS!~

I would never visit Bali. This current spade of attacks will just about kill their tourist industry and this is what their economy relies upon.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:50 am
by Danyet
Jemaah Islamiah. Exterminate them and their religion or join them. Those are your only options for peace.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:52 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:Jemaah Islamiah. Exterminate them and their religion or join them. Those are your only options for peace.
I leave this with you: I WON'T BE JOINING!

Re: BOMB BLASTS IN BALI - at least 25 Killed!

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:41 am
by MissLT
shazzam1452 wrote: I would never visit Bali. This current spade of attacks will just about kill their tourist industry and this is what they economy relies upon.
Bali is an amazing place. I've seen a documentary about this place. Those who started this thing will die in hell for killing others and destroying beautiful scenes :x .

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:39 am
by Dixie
danyet wrote:Jemaah Islamiah. Exterminate them and their religion or join them. Those are your only options for peace.
This time I agree with you, danyet. They are sick people.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:41 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:Jemaah Islamiah. Exterminate them and their religion or join them. Those are your only options for peace.
News has come through tonight you are right Danyet. They are a faction of Al-queda. Ba...ards! :evil: :twisted:

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:24 pm
by Danyet
Here is a link to the Age out of Melbourne you will have to register for it, though.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/tee ... 10079.html
We need to stay away from muslim countries. If this is not a wake up call I don't know what is. We should pull all of our western interests out of islam all over the world. We are not welcome we do not belong there for any reason. I also think we should pull out of Iraq as soon as their army is trained and their government elected.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:46 pm
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:Here is a link to the Age out of Melbourne you will have to register for it, though.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/tee ... 10079.html
We need to stay away from muslim countries. If this is not a wake up call I don't know what is. We should pull all of our western interests out of islam all over the world. We are not welcome we do not belong there for any reason. I also think we should pull out of Iraq as soon as their army is trained and their government elected.
Danyet all I can say is I totally agree with you. I really believe the best thing to do is stay away. I can't understand why so many Australian's went back there. Some people I know feel sorry for the Balinese because they are so impoverished. It's not worth dying for; at the hands of a mad bomber. The Indonesian government really needs to get its act together.

The answer for me is to stay.

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:43 am
by Shazzam
One Mum from the area where I live in Australia has died in the Bali bombings her husband is intensive care and her two children have returned home. It is so upsetting as there were alot of people from Newcastle in Bali on a school get-together. This is pretty much an annual event. My sister-in-law did the same thing last year.

Alot of Australians who have returned (and are regular visitors to Bali) have said that they won't return. They feel really sorry for the Balinese people; they have said that they are lovely people, but they just aren't prepared to risk it anymore. There have been so many bombings there in the last three years.

I have to admit I don't blame them; especially if you are planning a family vacation; why would you want to put your family in harms way. Once you can live with; but some families went back (as they were there after the last attack) thinking things might be ok; only for it to happen again.

Horrible NEWS! :twisted: :evil:

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:49 pm
by Hummingbird
[quote="shazzam1452"]There have been so many bombings there in the last three years.
quote]

Yaa.. There are really so many so many this kind of bombings :x
WHEN will the terrorism can AWAKE ??!!

WHEN can they STOP hurting people around the world ???!!!

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:01 am
by Danyet
From The Age:

Prime Minister John Howard will urge Indonesia to ban terror group Jemaah Islamiah in the wake of the latest Bali bombings, which investigators say were masterminded by two prominent JI figures.

Mr Howard, after speaking with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about the attacks, said yesterday they bore all the hallmarks of JI, and that Australia would again pursue a ban - which Jakarta has previously opposed.

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:02 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:From The Age:

Prime Minister John Howard will urge Indonesia to ban terror group Jemaah Islamiah in the wake of the latest Bali bombings, which investigators say were masterminded by two prominent JI figures.

Mr Howard, after speaking with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about the attacks, said yesterday they bore all the hallmarks of JI, and that Australia would again pursue a ban - which Jakarta has previously opposed.
You have to wonder "Why is Jakarta opposed to banning terror group Jemaah Islamiah?" It just doesn't make sense to me. Does this mean that they are happy to have groups like this in their country? :shock: :?

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:04 am
by MissLT
I think it's because Indonesia is quite a Muslim country; therefore, they can't turn their back away from the Muslim. Right? :? :?

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:47 am
by Danyet
LennyeTran wrote:I think it's because Indonesia is quite a Muslim country; therefore, they can't turn their back away from the Muslim. Right? :? :?
I think that you are onto something there.

This is partly what what I was getting at down in the Ramadan thread. Unfortunately it was deleted by Mr Love. It seems that Islam can not abide any criticism what so ever.

Anyway here is the latest from The Age on the progress of the survivors.

""""""SURGEON David Read points to an X-ray showing eight ball bearings embedded in the body of a Bali bomb survivor fighting for his life in Royal Darwin Hospital.

"This one is in the lining of the heart," Dr Read says, pointing to a small black dot on the X-ray. "We haven't removed it because it is more dangerous to remove than to leave alone."

But since the man and 22 other survivors of the blasts arrived at the hospital at the weekend doctors have removed enough shrapnel from their bodies to fill large shopping bags.

"Several large paper bags, shopping bags, have been filled up with various aspects of the shrapnel that's been picked up and retained," the hospital's medical superintendent, Len Notaras, said.

"We have federal agents on site collecting the samples," he said. "They are forensic evidence."

Doctors and nurses at the hospital have been shocked by the extent of injuries caused by the bombs that terrorists packed with bolts, ball bearings and other shrapnel to maim as well as kill.

Twelve of the most seriously injured sent to Darwin have undergone extensive surgery, some of them several times.


But near the end of a hectic second day of surgery yesterday, the Northern Territory's chief medical officer, Tarun Weeramanthri, declared: "I have some good news."

Medical specialists had decided that nine of the survivors from Newcastle, including two still on the critical list, were stable enough to be flown home.

"It's really important for patients to feel close to their family and friends," Dr Weeramanthri said.

An RAAF Hercules, manned by Defence Force medical staff and a Darwin hospital doctor, will fly the nine from Darwin to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital this morning.

The group of three men and six women aged from 21 to 55 include a 50-year-old man who has wounds covering almost all his body and limbs.

Nine "walking wounded" from Batemans Bay, including a 10-year-old girl, were also expected to fly home on a commercial flight early today.

Doctors at the hospital had treated them for limb and eardrum injuries. Most were discharged late on Monday and had been staying at a Darwin hotel.

A 52-year-old Indonesian man and two Japanese men, aged 21 and 36, will be the only survivors remaining in Royal Darwin Hospital after the Newcastle group leaves this morning. They are in a critical but stable condition.

A seriously injured Newcastle man, 55, was transferred to Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital late on Monday.

Asked whether doctors were now confident that all the victims evacuated to Darwin would survive, Dr Weeramanthri said: "We are absolutely confident that all the patients are progressing as well as they can, considering their injuries. That doesn't mean that they are completely out of the woods."

Dr Weeramanthri said all of the survivors were "still very muted".

"None of the patients are talking very much about what happened," he said.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:37 am
by Shazzam
I was watching the news last night; I feel very ignorant. :oops: I suppose I haven't really followed the muslim religion so I wasn't aware that Indonesia has such a massive population of muslims. The problem isn't with the muslim religion (i don't think) it is only certain sects of the religion. There needs to be tougher laws against the known groups that cause terrorist attacks. From the information that we are getting here; governments are watching these groups and both the Indonesian Government and Australian Government know who they are etc.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:40 am
by Shazzam
I live 55kms north of Newcastle (so basically a suburb of it). Newcastle is reeling from what has happened in Bali. There are alot of people in Newcastle that regularly travel to Bali (alot of my friends included). One of my friends was there about 12 months ago and she was there before the attacks in 2002 as well. She said that you can feel the difference; she won't be going back. Her words were "there is a feeling of desperation and fear on the streets." I can only imagine how bad it will be for the Balinese people after this recent attack. :cry:

My feelings are that the wave of terrorists that are bombing in Bali are targeting mostly Australians. I would say that this is because of our connection with the US and Britian in Iraq. It is a well known fact that Australian's are the main tourists. Most Australians will end up going back; it is just in their nature not to have anyone tell them what to do, especially this way.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:26 am
by MissLT
shazzam1452 wrote:I was watching the news last night; I feel very ignorant. :oops: I suppose I haven't really followed the muslim religion so I wasn't aware that Indonesia has such a massive population of muslims. The problem isn't with the muslim religion (i don't think) it is only certain sects of the religion. There needs to be tougher laws against the known groups that cause terrorist attacks. From the information that we are getting here; governments are watching these groups and both the Indonesian Government and Australian Government know who they are etc.
I don't think it is an easy thing to do, Shazzam. Most of those groups don't turn their backs on each other. It's hard to find out and by the time the authority got them, people were already hurt. For example, I think I've watched a documentary about Muslim groups in different countries, and I remember a part about Muslim groups in France. It was showing how hard to control those groups in France because they don't turn their backs on each other. In short, it was always an anonymous bombing or destroying somewhere that the police couldn't find out which group did it. Anyway, I'm gonna ask my boyfriend again for the title of that documentary.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:52 pm
by Danyet
It seems that the problem in Bali is that he Balinese people who have largely been Hindu have been swamped and colonized by an Indonesian government who are largely muslim and have refused to recognize the Hindu religion as legitimate, citing reasons such as Hindus not having a book like the Koran or the Bible to give authority to the Balinese people.

Therefore there is resentment between the Balinese and the influx of Indonesian Muslims. There have recently been instances of between Australians and Indonesians in Bali where Australians have demanded that Indonesians open up their bags when going into a restaraunt. Shouting matches have ensued where Indonesians have been told to"get off Bali and go back to Indonesia" and Australians have been told to, "Go back to Australia" by Indonesians.

The Australians visiting Bali and the Balinese people have always got along well together. Unfortunately Bali has become the killing ground for Islamic jihadists who don't mind killing a few Hindus in order to kill Aussies and other Westerners who they want out of what they consider now to be Muslim territory.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:23 pm
by mr_Love
i\m really sorry about them,,,


also in Iraq,, pepole killed daily,,,,,,

men,women, children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:56 am
by Danyet
Fight for life
By GARY SHIPWAY and CHRIS CARTER
04oct05

FIVE victims of the weekend's Bali bombings were last night fighting for their lives in Royal Darwin Hospital.
The next 48 hours have been described as critical in their battle to live.
Of the 23 bomb victims brought to Darwin from Bali by two Hercules aircraft yesterday, 13 are still in hospital. All will require surgery.

Two Australians, Brendan Fitzgerald, 16, from Busselton in Western Australia, and Jennifer Williamson, 48, from Newcastle in NSW, have been identified as being among the dead. A Newcastle couple, Colin Zwolinski, a mining company executive, and his wife Fiona are missing, feared dead.

Australians and other foreign tourists yesterday scrambled to escape the troubled holiday spot.

Many Territorians joined the exodus, several of them returning to Darwin yesterday. Among them was Sam Crawford, 29, who was welcomed home by her relieved daughter, Jade, 7.
Ms Crawford said witnesses and bystanders reacted to the attacks with a mixture of shock and confusion.
"There were two huge explosions ... very loud. We all looked to see what was going on, but we weren't fully aware what it was.
"We found out when we got back to our hotel.
"It was terrible."

Australian police are helping hunt for three accomplices suspected of detonating the bombs carried by suicide bombers, killing 22 people.

Indonesian police believe three triggermen may have detonated shrapnel bombs by calling mobile phones attached to the devices carried into three Bali cafes.

The injured in Royal Darwin include Australians, a Japanese tourist and some Balinese patients.
One patient has had to be transferred to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney for further treatment for a complicated eye injury. The Bali explosions also wounded more than 120 people.

Amputations and multiple organ damage are among the injuries suffered by bombing victims, Royal Darwin Hospital acting manager Len Notaras said yesterday.
He said casualties airlifted to RDH suffered different injuries to those seen in the October 2002 bombings.

"The injuries are those injuries consistent with lethal bomb blasts," Dr Notaras said. "Anti-personnel bombs have within them things like nails, ball bearings, bolts and so on.
"We are treating a range of injuries from serious multi-organ injuries to eye, abdominal, lung and suspected spinal injuries. Many patients have perforated ear drums."
Dr Notaras said in the latest attacks anti-personnel injuries replaced the critical burns seen in "Bali One".

"During Bali One we saw 70 critically burnt patients. This time they haven't been critically burnt," he said.
"But something that's missed in the previous episode is that we have traumatic amputations, we have impalements, penetrating injuries."

Dr Notaras confirmed a patient was flown from RDH to Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital for specialist treatment on an eye injury.

"He presented with severe abdominal injuries plus the injuries associated again with the peppering of the ball bearings and impalement penetrating injuries," he said.

Dr Notaras said many victims were highly traumatised and would be treated by psychiatrists and psychologists.
"I doubt the people could be any more traumatised than they are," he said.

Neurosurgeon Therese Withers, who was rushed to Darwin from Queensland, said the casualties had a "multitude of injuries".
"The bombs were really geared to cause a lot of maiming," she said.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:36 pm
by Shazzam
All of the Australian victims (bar one) have returned home. The bodies of the dead are on their way home. I hope the world doesn't forget too quickly. I hope people take care when making their travel plans. Everyone should check the security notices issues by governments on the internet before they make their travel plans. I know that this won't guarantee safety; but at least you will be informed.
:cry:

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:40 pm
by Danyet
Downer fails to convince Indonesia to ban JI
Canberra

Bad News:
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has failed to convince Indonesia to outlaw Jemaah Islamiah.

Mr Downer returned home late yesterday after a three-day trip to Indonesia, which included talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

While Mr Downer was unable to get Indonesia to oblige on the JI ban, he came away with assurances of improved counter-terrorism structures, including better coordination of its response to the terrorism and tougher laws.[[/u]

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:37 pm
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:Downer fails to convince Indonesia to ban JI
Canberra

Bad News:
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has failed to convince Indonesia to outlaw Jemaah Islamiah.

Mr Downer returned home late yesterday after a three-day trip to Indonesia, which included talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

While Mr Downer was unable to get Indonesia to oblige on the JI ban, he came away with assurances of improved counter-terrorism structures, including better coordination of its response to the terrorism and tougher laws.[[/u]
I think the Balinese people would like to see tougher laws from what we are witnessing this week. The Balinese people are very angry. I suppose at the end of the day the Government of Australia can only make suggestions; we can't tell other countries how to govern. However, Australians can chose to stay away from countries that they feel that their safety might be at risk, sort of like a boycott. I know that this will hurt economies, but maybe it will make government sit up and take notice.

It seems to me that money is the new religion and it is able to speak all languages.

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:24 pm
by Danyet
It appears that Balinese people, traditionally, have had no affinity for Islam since it was Hindu elitists who setteled in Bali in order to get away from the spreading Muslims.

Muslims will use Bali as their "killing ground" until they take control there too. Once they have control of Bali there will be no tourist trade anyway and poverty will increase as it does in any Muslim country!!

Unless Indonesia adopts a purely secular government and takes tough measure to keep it that way, I predict the end of Bali as we know it.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:32 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:It appears that Balinese people, traditionally, have had no affinity for Islam since it was Hindu elitists who setteled in Bali in order to get away from the spreading Muslims.

Muslims will use Bali as their "killing ground" until they take control there too. Once they have control of Bali there will be no tourist trade anyway and poverty will increase as it does in any Muslim country!!

Unless Indonesia adopts a purely secular government and takes tough measure to keep it that way, I predict the end of Bali as we know it.
Surely it is only sects of the Muslim communities in Indonesia that these problems arise with. It can't be all Muslim communities. I do see where you are coming from though.

It is like the old saying; "in extreme cases you need extreme measures." :(

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:49 am
by Danyet
You are right, they don't all blow up innocent people. Only the most radical will actually go that far but they all reap the benefits of a unified people under one religious system. Why do you think that the Indonesion government is soft on these criminals?

Don't you think it strange that wherever you find a growing Muslim population you also find terrible violence. Just take a look at Southern Thailand for example.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:03 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:You are right, they don't all blow up innocent people. Only the most radical will actually go that far but they all reap the benefits of a unified people under one religious system. Why do you think that the Indonesion government is soft on these criminals?

Don't you think it strange that wherever you find a growing Muslim population you also find terrible violence. Just take a look at Southern Thailand for example.
My mother actually told me a very interesting story yesterday. She had been watching one of her many current affairs programs (she is addicted to the news; so she is actually a very well informed person) :lol: . She apparently watched an interview with an x-government official of Indonesia; I'm pretty sure he was the leader of the country some years back (he is blind). Anyway he reckons that alot of the attacks that are happening in Indonesia are started by corrupt police officers and officials. The reasoning behind this is because western countries supply Indonesia with millions and millions of dollars each year (for the prevention of terrorism etc). He claims that they keep the reign of terror going as it is a money spinner.

What do you think about that one? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:25 pm
by Danyet
I have found no information to substantiate that. But it would not surprize me if some officials in Indonesia have sucumed to this. However as far as the police being in on it, I don't think so because the police, themselves have been targeted by terrorists in the past.

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:31 am
by Shazzam
danyet wrote:I have found no information to substantiate that. But it would not surprize me if some officials in Indonesia have sucumed to this. However as far as the police being in on it, I don't think so because the police, themselves have been targeted by terrorists in the past.
I don't believe that police can't be corrupted. I live in a country that continually prosecutes police for being corrupt; i would find it very doubtful that this sort of problem doesn't exist in Indonesia. Apparently the gentleman in this interview was a very high up politician (so he sounds quite credible). I will ask my mother his name and post it here.

Nothing would surprise me. I have friends that visit Indonesia on a regular basis and they have said that corruption in authority runs rampid. :cry: